February 2021 * Vol. 45 No. 2 Contents Features 8 10 Products of Tomorrow 12 Executive Roundtable: Facility & Network Security 18 Integrating QC Measurement Data into Manufacturing Systems 46 Application Briefs 51 Facility Focus 56 NASA Spinoff: Brain-Training Technology for Smart Glasses 18 Tech Briefs 23 Sensors 23 Printable Chemical Nanosensor 23 Ultra-Thin, Battery-Free Strain Sensors for Industrial Robotic Arms 24 Split-Ring Torque Sensor 25 Chemical Identification by Magneto-Elastic Sensing (ChIMES) 26 Sensing Magnetic Fields 26 Wearable, Stretchable Gas Sensor 27 Optics 27 Photoreceptor System for Melatonin Regulation and Phototherapy 27 Sensitive Optical Receivers for Space 28 New Materials Boost Efficiency and Stability of Optical Rectennas 29 Compact Infrared Spectrometer 30 56 Departments 6 UpFront 10 5 Ws Low-Energy Nanolaser Shines in all Directions 11 Q&A 31 Compound for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) 55 Advertisers Index 31 Kodiak 3D LiDAR 32 Materials & Coatings New for Design Engineers 32 A Near-Perfect Blackbody Calibration Target 48 32 Smart Fabric Detects and Collects Space Dust 33 Niobium Titanium Nitride Thin Film Coating 34 Flexible Material Helps Buildings Withstand Energy Waves 34 Linking Materials May Transform Robots Made of Robots 36 Material for Wearable Biosensors New on the Market (Materials & Coatings continued on page 4) 2 www.techbriefs.com Cov ToC Tech Briefs, February 2021http://www.techbriefs.com http://www.abpi.net/ntbpdfclicks/l.php?202102TBNAV